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Inktroduction to: Adam Gyorgy and His Vision by Soo Kian Hing “Competitions are for horses, not artists.” — Béla Bartók How fitting, then, that Hungary pianist Adam György, who attended the Bela Bartok Conservatory of Budapest...
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by Derek Lim It’s one of those happy coincidences that when the Belgian musician Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1841, he gave his name to the instrument whose sound today is immediately redolent of...
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The Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-51 An Inktroduction by Benjamin Chee from Inkpot Issue 95 It is difficult to describe the appeal and popularity which surrounds the Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach. Of the...
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Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) & Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) The String Quartets – Inktroduction by Ong Yong Hui Inktroduction The Debussy/Ravel String Quartet coupling is ubiquitous on record, but fortunately it makes much more sense than other...
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1901-1973) An Ink-troduction to the Tenth Symphony by Evan Stephens In one of his critical periods of development and creative power, the middle 1950’s, Shostakovich wrote two of his most acclaimed works:...
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